I used to love azuki red bean paste but not as much now. I find it a little too sweet and mushy. Realised this change after having a Anpan for breakfast this morning, a trait adapted from Kirin. He doesn't like azuki red beans, as with other beans, lentils and peas.

We might be able to share and understand each other's feelings with a bowl of mushy red bean soup now, like in 王菲's 紅豆。還沒為你把紅豆 熬成纏綿的傷口 然後一起分享 會更明白 相思的哀愁 還沒好好的感受 醒著親吻的溫柔 可能在我左右 你才追求 孤獨的自由

王菲, 紅豆

作詞：林夕 作曲：柳重言 編曲：Alex San *********************************************************************************************************** One of my old notes in my iPhone went missing or was replicated by my latest note. Hm... I didn't even know there's a function to replicate a note.

I still have minced pork and half a pack of tofu in my fridge. So I decided to give the minced pork & tofu a 2nd try, adding Kirin's favourite kanimi this time. I could slice up and toss all the kanimi in but that's just boring.

Read about the 3-step procedure of breading meat, fish or veggies by Culinary Arts Expert, Danilo Alfaro - first in flour, then in egg wash, and finally in breadcrumbs - before frying. How about trying that for some kanimi sticks tonight? I had tried something along that line for my carrot sticks the other day but the coating kind of disintegrated during pan-frying. It was just beaten egg and flour though, without the breadcrumbs.

Notes:i. I brushed the kanimi sticks with 1/2 tsp of butter and mixed the other 1 tsp into the mixture for the crust. ii. I preheated oven to 190 degree celcius and the kanimi sticks were a little over-baked after 25 mins. Probably 20 mins would suffice. iii. I rotated the baking tray after the first 15 mins as my oven isn't fan-assisted. **********************************************************************************************************

My blenheim-colored dish of minced pork & tofu had some pinkie-red blush from 3 kanimi sticks, cut into slices. The latter were added at the last step to simmer over low heat with the tofu slices (refer to recipe shared earlier).

Minced pork, tofu & kanimi

Tofu and kanimi slices simmering in the wok over low heat.

Hadn't re-stocked a pack of rice so it's paired with spaghetti as well, like Tuesday's dinner.

Minced pork, tofu & kanimi with spaghetti

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey..." 小雨 sang, before bedtime.

While the world seems a little grey and gloomy lately, I still have warmth and light with the rays of sunshine from 小雨 and of course him, Kirin. A nocturnal man who's out to the gym again.

I know it sounds contradictory to say 小雨 is my sunshine when her name means a drizzle in Chinese, literary. Hm... I'll say she's that special kind of drizzle that comes with a sunshine - a sunshower, which every rain drop sparkles like a crystal.

So I did a sunshine tonight, spreading warmth and light to the rosy, fluffy cloud below it.

Send out your ray of sunshine! art-in-Yang's-yoghurt #39

If you have read Yang's Favourite Thing #10 - Blanching vegetables, you might have seen some lyrics of The sunshine song. Here's sharing more lyrics of it... You should look as good as your outlook, Would you mind if I took some time, to soak up your light, your beautiful light? You've got a paradise inside. I get hungry for love and thirsty for life, And much too full on the pain, When I look to the sky to help me And sometimes it looks like rain.

As the sun shines on other people's houses And not mine, And the sky paints those clouds in a way That it takes away the summertime, Somehow the sun keeps shining upon you, while I kindly stand by.If there's a light in everybody, Send out your ray of sunshine

The sunshine song Songwriters - Eric Hinojosa, Jason Thomas Mraz *********************************************************************************************************** And I believe so, that there's a ray of light in everyone. Just like the way dull veggies could brighten up too, from blanching. Suddenly I felt like getting a sunshine top. I never had one.

The nocturnal man came back with a McWings meal to share with me for supper. Our 1st Mc meal here...